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The average Chinese tourists rely on tour groups to visit other countries except perhaps for Singapore because of language barriers. The ban to certain countries indeed restricts their freedom of travel.
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Originally Posted by Kmxu
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The average Chinese tourists rely on tour groups to visit other countries except perhaps for Singapore because of language barriers. The ban to certain countries indeed restricts their freedom of travel.
My recent flights between Haneda and Hongqiao have been packed to the gills with Chinese tourists. None of them were on tour group packages. |
sort of relevant: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...in-2023-08-24/
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Originally Posted by YariGuy
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Making such a comparison is disingenuous. C'mon, the US doesn't even have passport controls on exit. The US says it doesn't allow visits to certain countries, but practically the ban comes from the receiving country. Heck, it wasn't long ago that Americans could join tours to North Korea, or even now you can probably go to Cuba through say, Canada.
Not to have this discussion devolve into a US vs. China thing, but the current wait for interviews for Chinese to go get a US visa is about 12 months. |
Just about everybody is reporting that from Aug 30 the Covid test requirement for China will be scrapped. Not clear if this also means the QR code requirement is being scrapped.
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^Yes, that's correct. As of 30/08, no testing required anymore.
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Originally Posted by mlin32
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^Yes, that's correct. As of 30/08, no testing required anymore.
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Just an anecdote as i dropped off my visa application this morning : Foreign travel to China is still alive and well, at least from Germany.
No difficulty getting an appointment online, but definitely you have to queue a bit once you get there as there were a lot of people there for visa purposes.(business/leisure/other). So to say "no one wants to go there" isn't true, certainly not in Germany. |
The visa centre was heaving when I went recently and appointments had a two week lead time. Fortunately, got a 10 year one this time!
The form was marginally easier than previous years but still by far the most intrusive and frustrating application form |
Originally Posted by 889
(Post 35534293)
Just about everybody is reporting that from Aug 30 the Covid test requirement for China will be scrapped. Not clear if this also means the QR code requirement is being scrapped.
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Gosh ... still need that bloody QR code ...
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Originally Posted by hkskyline
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Gosh ... still need that bloody QR code ...
60 seconds to fill it out, maybe? |
Originally Posted by hkskyline
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Gosh ... still need that bloody QR code ...
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Originally Posted by moondog
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My theory from the get go has been that the health code system is here to stay, but as a means to replace the paper entry/exit forms.
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Originally Posted by Palal
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But they still ask you for the entry form...
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